Attachment for windmill-operated pumps



w. R. NICHOLSON. ATTACHMENT FOR WINDMILL OPERATED PUMPS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, I919- Patented App 12, 1921.

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"WILLIAM R. NICHOLSON, E BEAVER CITY, NEBRASKA, .ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0C. E. V. SIS LITE, 0E BEAVER CITY, NEBRASKA.

7 ATTACHMENT FOR VJ'INDIIEILL-OPERATED PUMPS.

I i '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVILLLiM R. NIoHoL- SON, a citizen or" the UnitedStates, residing at lleaver City, in the county of Furnas and State of"Nebraska, have invented a new and :setul Attachment for I'Vindmill-Operated Fumps, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide novel. and improved means foroperatively connecting a pump' with a windmill or other suitable sourceof power, at will, and by means external to the pump shaft or pipe, toprovide novel means for raising the water to an elevated branch pipe;and to eliminate the smiling box heretofore employed in pumps of thistype. It is further an object of my invention to provide a device whichcan be readily disconnected from the wind mill, to permit of manualoperation of the pump. It is further an object or my invention toprovide a device of relatively simple construction which maybe readilyassembled and disassembled. I attain these and other objects or myinvention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the attachment applied to a pump;

l 2 is a similar view except that it is at right angle to Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3-3 of ig. 1.

I he numerals designate like parts.

itcterring to the accompanying drawings 1 designates the pipe or shaltwhich contains the pump, the pump being operated by pump rod 19 to whichrods 18 are aflixed oy means oi a suitable collar 20. Rods 18 areattached to opposite lugs 17 ot a sliding sleeve 2. which engages aroundthe pump shaft or pipe 1. Sleeve 2 is provided with suitable V flanges 3having spaced openings 8, to one of which is adiustably secured link tby a releasable fastening device 5, the link 4: being in turn attachedto operative rod 6 by a suitable pivot 7. The rod 6 is operativelyconnected with and driven by the windmill. Sleeve 2 is provided withflanges 9 to which pump handle 11 is attached by a suitable pivot 10.The pump handle swings about the pivot 12 by which it is attached tosuitated pumps, the combination of a Specification of Letters Patent.Patented Apr, 12 1921,

Application filed July 21, 1919.

Serial No. 312,245.

able links 13, the lower ends of which are adjustably secured to thelaterally extending car 15 of collar 16', which is rigidly attached tothe pipe 1. Pipe 1 is provided with a faucet 22 of ordinary constructionhaving a shut-off valve 23. Opening out of pipe 1 at an elevatedposition thereof I provide a suitable branch pipe 21 through which thewater may be distributed continuously to any desired destination, or toa supply tank. Sleeve 2 may if desired be disconnected from the windmilland a suitable reciprocating connection with any suitable engine ormotor operatively attached to opening 8 of flanges 3 of sleeve 2, andthe pump operated by means of the operative connections of sleeve 2 withpump rod 19 by means of rods 18 and collar 20.

In the ordinary operation of the pump by the windmill, rod 6 and link 4:reciprocate vertically and actuate sleeve 2, which thereby operates rods18 and pump rod 19, to which rods 18 are rigidly attached by means ofpawl 20. By unlinking link 4.- from flanges 3 of sleeve 2 the pump maybe operated manually by means of the handle 11. This device eliminatesthe stufling box customarily utilized in connection with windmilloperated pump, and the insanitary condition resulting from the use ofthe stufiing box.

What I claim is:

1. In an attachment for windmill operated pumps, the combination with apump, I

'windmill, substantially as and for the purpose described, whereby thedevice may be operated either by power or manually.

2. In an attachment for windmill oper- P p shaft, a sleeve verticallyslidable on thepump shaft, means for connecting the slidable sleeve tothe reciprocating piston rod, a pump handle pivotally attached to theaforesaid sleeve, means including a pivoted link member for securing thepump handle at a given point in a fixed position relative to the pumpshaft, and a hinged rod adjustably linked to a flanged portion of theaforesaid slidable sleeve, whereby the operative connections between theWindmill and the recip- 10 rocating piston rod are disposed exterior tothe pump shaft, for the purposes described.

WILLIAM R. NICHOLSON.

